par This Is Beirut, 30/03 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States announced on Friday that it was «taking steps» to put fresh visa curbs on Hong Kong officials responsible for cracking down on rights in the Chinese city, days after a new national security law came into force. In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that over the past year, Beijing has "continued to take ...
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The Argentine government has suspended plans to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as reported by Argentine and Israeli media. However, it has decided on the immediate appointment of a new ambassador, Axel Wahnish, after days of negotiations, approved on Tuesday evening by the Senate Agreements Committee. Mr. Wahnish's proposal to ...
par This Is Beirut, 31/03 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkish voters headed to the polls on Sunday in municipal elections, with all eyes on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition. As soon as he clinched re-election as president last May -- he has been head of state since 2014 -- Erdogan launched the campaign to reclaim the city of 16 ...
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Pope Francis urged the world to resist "the logic of weapons" in his Easter message at the Vatican on Sunday, easing growing health fears as he greeted thousands of Catholics. The 87-year-old's "Urbi et Orbi" (To the City and the World) blessing came after he led Easter Mass in front of 60,000 worshippers at Saint Peter's Square while appearing ...
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According to early partial results, Turkey's opposition appears to be ahead for now in the key cities of Istanbul and Ankara, state media said on Sunday. With 20 percent of the votes counted, the current mayor of Istanbul was leading with 49.6 percent of the vote, compared with 41.6 percent of his main rival, who was backed by President Recep ...
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Iran's President Ebrahim Raissi condemned on Tuesday a deadly air strike blamed on Israel against his country's consular annex in Damascus, saying the "cowardly crime will not go unanswered." "After repeated defeats and failures against the faith and will of the Resistance Front fighters, the Zionist regime has put blind assassinations on its ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/04 10:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan on Wednesday and resulted in at least seven fatalities, nearly 60 injuries, extensive building damage and regional tsunami warnings, prompting response efforts and interruptions in various industries. At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured on Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/04 11:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the successful launch of a new hypersonic missile, showcasing the country's advancements in missile technology and raising concerns among analysts about heightened security threats in the region. North Korea's Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of a new medium-to-long range solid-fuel hypersonic missile, state ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ten security members, including the deputy of a police station, were killed in two attacks claimed by jihadists in Iran's restive southeast, state television reported Thursday, updating an earlier toll of five. "The case of the terrorist attacks was closed with the martyrdom of 10 members of the security forces," and the killing of 18 ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 13:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Faced with rising tensions between Iran and Israel, the Israeli army has reportedly decided to jam certain GPS signals throughout its territory. In recent days, people using Waze, Google Maps, and Moovit, among other location-based programs, reported GPS outages throughout the central region of Israel, with maps indicating that users are in ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kuwaitis are voting on Thursday to elect the first parliament of Emir Sheikh Mechaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah's reign, in the third parliamentary elections in three years in this rich Gulf oil state mired in repeated political crises. Some 835,000 voters were called upon to choose 50 deputies from 200 candidates, including 13 women, after the ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 21:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UAE-based Oceanlink Maritime DMCC is at the center of sanctions announced this Thursday by the US Treasury Department. These measures are aimed at disrupting illicit financial flows supporting Iran's destabilizing activities in the region and around the world, according to Brian E. Nelson, the U.S. Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Terrorism and ...
